AO: The Patriot
QIC: Maj. Payne
The PAX: Prenup, Subprime, Dr. D, Sauerkraut, Lucius, Fish Fry, Poe, Vila, Moonshine, Lazlo
11 pax posted on this NCAA Basketball Championship Eve! It was to be fun for all with a solid warm up prior to the UVA vs. Texas Tech showdown!
WU:
10 x SSH, mosey to the stadium entrance,
10 x IW, mosey to 27th and N. Florida corner,
10 BWS, mosey to 28th and N. Florida
10 Merkins, mosey to parking lot
The THANG:
Get on line in the parking lot.
Move via crab walk for 5 parking spots, then 5 x 4x4s (start in standing position, then 4x Merkins, 4x mtn climbers, end in standing position = 1 4×4). Repeato!
Then move via bear crawl for 5 spots and complete 5 x 4×4. Repeato!
Next move via lunge walk for 5 spots and complete 5 x 4×4. Repeato!
Last, move via bunny hop for 5 spots and complete 5 x 4×4. Repeato!!
Mosey to the basketball court for some hoops action!
But first! Grab the railing for 3 sets of 10 x Down Unders!
Then count off 1s and 2s.
1s take far side of court, 2s take the near half.
Each team sprint 5 x width of court laps (down and back). As PAX finish, get in plank somewhere on the 3pt arc on your respective side. Last PAX to finish grab the ball and attempt a basket from the free throw line. A miss = 1 x Merkin for all of that team’s PAX. A hit (aka making the basket) = 5 x burpee for the winning team (aka the team the made the basket), 10 x burpee for the losing team (the team that couldn’t make a free throw to save their lives). Yeah…it started out as 3 and 7 burpees or something, but that changed.
Repeato with 4 x width laps, then 3 x width laps.
At this point, YHC was starting to feel sorry for team 2, who couldn’t seem to find the bottom of the basket, so we performed 2 x width laps and switched to a lay up, which would be worth 3 points!!
No luck. Team 1 hit first and team 2 dutifully knocked out their 10 x burpee penalty (perhaps the rules weren’t made clear and they were going for max burpees??) Current score: Team 1 six points, Team 2 null (aka zilch, nada or even zero).
At this point, all PAX were getting concerned that team 2 might somehow be physically incapable of making a basket.
Last round — 1 x width lap and the first team who puts the ball in the basket, however they can do it, gets 6 points.
Somehow…some way, Team 2 did it; they sunk a basket first. Was it pity on the part of Team 1? Did team 2 lift one of their PAX up to drop the ball into the basket in the darkness of the gloom? Perhaps the truth will never be known for sure, but the teams knocked out their respective burpees and returned to base for a quick round of Mary.
Mary: 50 x LBC, then do not put your feet on the ground for 20 x each of Flutter kicks, Hello Dollies, Heels to Heaven.
COT: Sometimes life doesn’t go as planned and the rules change mid game, just like our hoops game today. No matter what though, you gotta grab on to your fellow PAX and drive on. The key is to have those PAX around so that you can reach out to them. Everyone needs a helping hand sometimes, no matter who they are. Be that helping hand, or reach out for that helping hand depending on what’s going on for you. It matters — every little bit matters. Aye!
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